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year during the entire obama administration. they changed the rule 22 days before the end of his term and reduced it to three months that you could buy these plans. but that wasn't enforced until april. let's keep itif simple. if you need an insurance company lost her job come you couldn't afford insurance during the obama years, if obamacare got too expensive for you, during the obama years you could buy a short-term insurance if your state allowed it. democrats are saying we are not going to do what president obama would do.pr we are going to keep your insurance hike today with a yes vote. we will say the 1.7 million peoplee who are uninsured, no, you can't buy this insurance because we know more than you do. some people who might know more thanor we do by the national association of insurance commissioners. senate democrats wrote them, asking them about the short-term plans and raising questions about them. here is what the insurance commissioners a bipartisan organization broke back. .. -- wrote back. .. >> this country as a
year during the entire obama administration. they changed the rule 22 days before the end of his term and reduced it to three months that you could buy these plans. but that wasn't enforced until april. let's keep itif simple. if you need an insurance company lost her job come you couldn't afford insurance during the obama years, if obamacare got too expensive for you, during the obama years you could buy a short-term insurance if your state allowed it. democrats are saying we are not going to...
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we know that even in the obama years, they suffer from some of the highest unemployment. we know that even in the obama years, public education has not been solved and they often receive a poor education. so the idea that the idea president obama or the election of president obama would rid the country of these ills that have been in place for a very long time was at best i would say naÏve. >> i want to read a little bit from your book, get you to expand on. candidate obama, a woman complained to obama in iowa about how inner-city kids don't know how to dress for a job. below is obama's response as reported in the "washington post." pull up your pants, obama interjected come as the crowd laugh. poll of europeans. >> universal that's the other part of the obama affect, which is i don't doubt at all that he has great concern for all the young people in this country, especially young black. however, he has tended at times to be, i wouldn't say demeaning, but to fall into line much like bill cosby, to say that young black people have that kind of played by the rules that wou
we know that even in the obama years, they suffer from some of the highest unemployment. we know that even in the obama years, public education has not been solved and they often receive a poor education. so the idea that the idea president obama or the election of president obama would rid the country of these ills that have been in place for a very long time was at best i would say naÏve. >> i want to read a little bit from your book, get you to expand on. candidate obama, a woman...
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years, he wouldn't even come to a vote because of whatever reason that the banking committee didn't move him. we don't need that lecture. more importantly, mr. president, on these nominees, we all know the history.
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we were very much in early days during the obama years creating a broad international coalition around certain principles and goals seem to be the next step, but that hasn't really been taken up. what we have seen is very particular steps aimed at chinese companies for instance that provide the telecom services. they are getting the companies out of the systems and the u.s. telecoms. to make sure that is adequately funded and a billion available for it and it will cost at least twice that much for the areas to replace their equipment. it's been a very company specific get china out of here policy rather than a policy where we engage with our friends to try to create a very durable system of global security and use that to contrive the adversaries charlie mitchell author of this book cyber in the age of trump. in your book, mr. mitchell, you write the ubiquity might make cooperation between the u.s. and china conceivable, plus president trump and the chinese president form a something o isa mutual admiration society but the u.s. relationship with china was front page news and the transa
we were very much in early days during the obama years creating a broad international coalition around certain principles and goals seem to be the next step, but that hasn't really been taken up. what we have seen is very particular steps aimed at chinese companies for instance that provide the telecom services. they are getting the companies out of the systems and the u.s. telecoms. to make sure that is adequately funded and a billion available for it and it will cost at least twice that much...
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in president obama's first year in office, republicans forced the procedural hurdle we've had to endure many times for one nominee, and that nominee was controversial. in president trump's first year in office, democrats have forced this procedural hurdle for every single judicial nominee except one. even if they actually supported him or her in the end, this is just the kind of partisan game that americans are so sick of. president trump should be commended for his strong judicial picks. the senate's going to keep working hard to confirm them, and we're going to succeed. the only question is whether democrats are going to keep wasting more of the senate's time getting there. i hope they won't. i hope they will end these pointless games so the senate can keep its time and its focus where it belongs.
in president obama's first year in office, republicans forced the procedural hurdle we've had to endure many times for one nominee, and that nominee was controversial. in president trump's first year in office, democrats have forced this procedural hurdle for every single judicial nominee except one. even if they actually supported him or her in the end, this is just the kind of partisan game that americans are so sick of. president trump should be commended for his strong judicial picks. the...
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[laughter] so really and thehe obama years we see the problems of close and then they seem to get worse. >> they absolutely got worse. two things are going on at the same time after the clinton presidency there is an effort by president clinton to keep agents away from him. as i get further away, the ability to secure him reduces. it is the advent of the tv president you don't want the agents in the shot. keep them further away we went a vision of a strong independent president nobody protecting him or nobody needs to be there. that is a downward cycle with the rigor of their security. then also the misconduct is allowed because of the arrogance and lack of transparency and culture of the secret service if they can keep classified program secret then they seem to believe they can also keep their weaknesses and some of their humiliating episodes a secret both of those come to a a head during president obama's two administrations episode after episode of security gaffes and unbelievable bad boy behavior. >> i'm chroniclingli as i read everything bad during the obama years then i just have
[laughter] so really and thehe obama years we see the problems of close and then they seem to get worse. >> they absolutely got worse. two things are going on at the same time after the clinton presidency there is an effort by president clinton to keep agents away from him. as i get further away, the ability to secure him reduces. it is the advent of the tv president you don't want the agents in the shot. keep them further away we went a vision of a strong independent president nobody...
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mcconnell: it goes without saying that the obama years were not easy for america's middle class. many of the men and women we represent felt forgotten over the last decade. they found themselves stuck in a stumbling economy without the opportunity to get ahead. looking on as paychecks stagnated, jobs moved overseas and government spent far beyond its means while middle-class belts tightened. in my state and in so many more around the country, these are the problems that faced many families and communities over the last ten years, and they are the concerns at the heart of the comprehensive budget that the senate just voted to proceed to yesterday. this budget is a serious plan to put our country on a more responsible fiscal path and also to set us on a course for a more fulsome economy that lifts up the middle class. on the fiscal side, it provides a path to balance with serious reductions in the growth of federal spending, complying fully with previous spending caps while also providing a way to increase defense resources in the event that a bipartisan agreement on those caps can
mcconnell: it goes without saying that the obama years were not easy for america's middle class. many of the men and women we represent felt forgotten over the last decade. they found themselves stuck in a stumbling economy without the opportunity to get ahead. looking on as paychecks stagnated, jobs moved overseas and government spent far beyond its means while middle-class belts tightened. in my state and in so many more around the country, these are the problems that faced many families and...
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the obama years. from there, i began looking these different types of cases. one thing i thought was important was flattening. having a conversation about. all of the different types of people who are targeted by white supremacists. and what i mean that is that we i certainly believe it's important for us to understand and the rich textured individual history of, say, anti-blackness in america or anti-semitism or islamophobia or xenophobia. right. but in moment, there is a true through line between many of the horrific acts of violence. we're seeing targeting one group or targeting the other. you know, we've referred to tree of life a few pittsburgh, the the attacker in that case was just sentence for a recently and and he noted that targeted that synagogue because believed that they were helping resettle refugees. right and so while is unquestionably an act of anti-semitism, it is also an act of anti-immigrant violence and ends xenophobia. right. and so to only understand it as the one would be to be
the obama years. from there, i began looking these different types of cases. one thing i thought was important was flattening. having a conversation about. all of the different types of people who are targeted by white supremacists. and what i mean that is that we i certainly believe it's important for us to understand and the rich textured individual history of, say, anti-blackness in america or anti-semitism or islamophobia or xenophobia. right. but in moment, there is a true through line...
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we didn't have a single year of 3% growth during the obama years. we're not going to be able to realize opportunities for the next generation and less we get this country growing again. i expect we will be left with the reconciliation and the central lack of interest on the democratic side in trying to get us going again. the two things that would get us going again, regulatory relief and we've done 11 cra's and we hope to do more before the time runs out, the administration is trying on its own to curb, delay or stop some of the most egregious regulations that have slowed the economy down. if we can succeed in regulatory reform and get a more rational tax code, we can get this country growing again which will provide more jobs and opportunity for everybody. i would love the democrats to be a part of that. i don't think they look at this the same way we do, as a jobs issue and so i'm not anticipating their cooperation. >> once more on syria, you said you did speak with the vice president last night. today asked for an explanation of what is the pres
we didn't have a single year of 3% growth during the obama years. we're not going to be able to realize opportunities for the next generation and less we get this country growing again. i expect we will be left with the reconciliation and the central lack of interest on the democratic side in trying to get us going again. the two things that would get us going again, regulatory relief and we've done 11 cra's and we hope to do more before the time runs out, the administration is trying on its...
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the senate created, >> during the obama years the economy has grown. the private sector created jobs for 70 months. the longest stretch in the mystery of the country. unemployment is at 5%. barack obama with 17 million uninsured americans gaining access to health care and the number is climbing. production has increased significantly. you drive across america today and you see the wind farms in the middle of the country. farmers are making money on farms harvesting corn and soybeans because of what the president suggested in the st stimulus package. solar, wind, geo thermal has increased significantly and will continue to grow more because they have tax incentives for seven additional years. you know what else we have done? not enough. the wealthiest americans who don't mind paying more than their fair share. the only people that believe these rich people shouldn't pay more is republicans in congress. not republicans around the country. we secured tax relief that will lift 16 million low income families out of poverty. auto industry, which was on the b
the senate created, >> during the obama years the economy has grown. the private sector created jobs for 70 months. the longest stretch in the mystery of the country. unemployment is at 5%. barack obama with 17 million uninsured americans gaining access to health care and the number is climbing. production has increased significantly. you drive across america today and you see the wind farms in the middle of the country. farmers are making money on farms harvesting corn and soybeans...
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sadly, during the obama years, they were among the most likely to be left behind by the so-called recovery. but now that's changing. today manufacturing wages are growing at their fastest pace in 17 years. these are just a few signs of our nation's economic comeback under republicans' pro growth, pro opportunity agenda. remember, not one of our democratic colleagues voted with us to set this train in motion. not one. they voted against culting red tape for american -- cutting red tape for american manufacturers. they voted against the tax reforms that are growing paychecks and helping create new jobs. they voted against the newly lowered utility rates that benefit both families and employers. my democratic colleagues like to talk about supporting the middle class. well, these days it's looking more and more like that's all it is, just talk. but while they occupy themselves with partisan politics, republicans will keep on clearing the tracks and letting the american economy roll on ahead. now, speaking of tax reform, mr. president, i have to bid farewell today to an outstanding member of my
sadly, during the obama years, they were among the most likely to be left behind by the so-called recovery. but now that's changing. today manufacturing wages are growing at their fastest pace in 17 years. these are just a few signs of our nation's economic comeback under republicans' pro growth, pro opportunity agenda. remember, not one of our democratic colleagues voted with us to set this train in motion. not one. they voted against culting red tape for american -- cutting red tape for...
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but it was really in the obama years we really see the problems up close, right? they seem if anything to get worse. >> they absolutely got worse. there are two things going on at the same time. one is that after clinton's presidency there is an effort especially by president clinton to keep agents away from him. as they get further and further away their ability to secure him reduces. segment of the tv president redo not what the agents in the shot, keep them a little bit further away. we want strong independent president no one protects him no one is to be there. that starts a downward cycle in terms of the rigor of their security. there is also the misconduct is allowed because arrogance, secrecy lack of transparency in the culture of the secret service. they can keep classified programs and important to protect the president's secret they seem to believe they can also keep their weaknesses and some of their humiliating episodes a secret. both of those things come to a horrible head during present obama's two administrations purchased episode after episode. but
but it was really in the obama years we really see the problems up close, right? they seem if anything to get worse. >> they absolutely got worse. there are two things going on at the same time. one is that after clinton's presidency there is an effort especially by president clinton to keep agents away from him. as they get further and further away their ability to secure him reduces. segment of the tv president redo not what the agents in the shot, keep them a little bit further away....
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and i think that it's unsurprising to me that the obama years and the time we're in now and likely the trump years moving forward have been marked by street activism andwa street protests because it's a time -- as the president so eloquently described it while he was campaigning -- a time when gridlock has suffocated americans. people are frustrated. why isn't the economy more turned around, why -- at the time, why wasn't there health care? and i think that people who have voted and who feel like they have done everything right, this was many of the people in ferguson which is unlike what a lot of, you know, a place where most people living in ferguson had made it out. they'd done everything right, and they still couldn't understand why they were either being treated this way or they hadn't achieved what theyt thought was the american dream. so i think that ryan's call kinm of fits into the ethos that we're feeling and seeing across the nation as i interview people. >> host: well, let's hear from sid who's calling in from st. louis, very close. go ahead, sid. >> caller: i thank you for
and i think that it's unsurprising to me that the obama years and the time we're in now and likely the trump years moving forward have been marked by street activism andwa street protests because it's a time -- as the president so eloquently described it while he was campaigning -- a time when gridlock has suffocated americans. people are frustrated. why isn't the economy more turned around, why -- at the time, why wasn't there health care? and i think that people who have voted and who feel...
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years secretary has a lot of latitude overtaxes and lower deficits the most of an african reform in history with the projection of fewer people purchasing this inevitable result of the government not making you purchase something you may not want we are hoping to have a more vibrant market that can buy at the affordable cost the insurance that makes sense for them rather than prescribed by the government >> if the government will not penalize you for not buying a policy that you don't want given the freedom to make ed decision consistent with their own economic interest you may decide not to buy it did that is in large part what the cbo score reflects. sa with say to our friends that obamacare is in milton obote know that as well as private -- premiums are skyrocketing so the question is if you don't like this proposal that would assure suggestion? because what i obsessing they are sitting back on their hands to take great joy a to see the market place of their creation melting down we are the rescue team that has come on the scene to salvage the mass the they created we genuinely i
years secretary has a lot of latitude overtaxes and lower deficits the most of an african reform in history with the projection of fewer people purchasing this inevitable result of the government not making you purchase something you may not want we are hoping to have a more vibrant market that can buy at the affordable cost the insurance that makes sense for them rather than prescribed by the government >> if the government will not penalize you for not buying a policy that you don't...
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it seems very unlikely many of the steps taken through the obama years to reform local policing will be continued. i think what that most likely means is for people who want to see change in local police there is going to be a need to work at a local level because the federal government cavalry will not be coming in for the next four years. >> host: report on police shootings, is available on the website? what would be the best place to find it? it was a pretty covering the report? >> guest: the easiest way would be to google washington post fatal force which was the name of the product. it is on the site. war washington post police shooting database, what we have done, we are working on this, we have for two using real-time come to attract fatal police shooting, we track 990 of them last year, real-time searchable database, you can see each one. don't know what the numbers for this year so far but the same fatal number of fatal police shootings, all the data and information is available in real-time online. >> host: "they can't kill us all: ferguson, baltimore, and a new era in amer
it seems very unlikely many of the steps taken through the obama years to reform local policing will be continued. i think what that most likely means is for people who want to see change in local police there is going to be a need to work at a local level because the federal government cavalry will not be coming in for the next four years. >> host: report on police shootings, is available on the website? what would be the best place to find it? it was a pretty covering the report?...
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during the obama years that is precisely what happened. for eight years his administration seized every single opportunity it could find to increase taxes, pile on more regulations, and literally micromanage the lives of the american people. many middle-class families like the ones i represent in kentucky were drowning in all this. now, mr. president, all of that is changing. in 2017, a republican president, republican house, republican senate brought back bedrock free market principles. tax less, regulate less, micromanage less, and empower the american people to work hard and keep more of what they earn and we're already seeing results. the most significant accomplishment was the historic tax reform law the president signed just over three weeks ago. it hadn't been done in 30 years, but in 2017 congress and the white house worked together to overhaul the tax code. we cut rates for families and businesses, expanded key deductions, closed wasteful loopholes, and repealed obamacare's individual mandate tax. it took a lot of money out of wes
during the obama years that is precisely what happened. for eight years his administration seized every single opportunity it could find to increase taxes, pile on more regulations, and literally micromanage the lives of the american people. many middle-class families like the ones i represent in kentucky were drowning in all this. now, mr. president, all of that is changing. in 2017, a republican president, republican house, republican senate brought back bedrock free market principles. tax...
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i would say before the obama years. i don't just mean because the obama people were super smart or anything like that. just the passage of time is part of it. but before the obama years it was truly abysmal in the government. the irony is that the city and the metro area here in washington are among the most tech savvy when they do these various polls among the most connected, among the heaviest users of various sophisticated users. some of the populace are the staffs in the middle levels of these agencies and of the hill and the white house and supreme court in all these places. but the major officials, the average age in the average amount of time that's available to get this stuff on the part of senators and cabinet members just conspires against and the security requirements which often tend to push you toward a less sophisticated device unless sophisticated services. all of those things conspire to make people making our laws are less knowledgeable about this than many, many small business, big business, individual
i would say before the obama years. i don't just mean because the obama people were super smart or anything like that. just the passage of time is part of it. but before the obama years it was truly abysmal in the government. the irony is that the city and the metro area here in washington are among the most tech savvy when they do these various polls among the most connected, among the heaviest users of various sophisticated users. some of the populace are the staffs in the middle levels of...
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first year of president obama. so again here are two words we'd like president trump to say tonight about the economy -- thanks, obama. we may never hear president trump say those words, , but hes ought to. i also expect the president to speak about bipartisanship. president trump understands there's a very low bar when it comes to the topic. his first year in office has been so divisive, even a mere appeal to bipartisanship sounds like progress. but the proof will be in the pudding. will president trump pursue real bipartisanship to his actions, or willwh he fall back on empty rhetoric? when it comes to bipartisanship, president trump has to walk the walk, not just talk the talk intermittently. mr. president, when it comes to bipartisanship, actions speak a whole lot louder than words. and i would remind president trump that this is been one of the most partisan administration many of us have worked with. i work under president reagan, president h. w. bush and president w bush, all republicans, all of them were le
first year of president obama. so again here are two words we'd like president trump to say tonight about the economy -- thanks, obama. we may never hear president trump say those words, , but hes ought to. i also expect the president to speak about bipartisanship. president trump understands there's a very low bar when it comes to the topic. his first year in office has been so divisive, even a mere appeal to bipartisanship sounds like progress. but the proof will be in the pudding. will...
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in the first two years of president obama's administration, there were only 12 such cloture votes. 12 for president obama, four for george w. bush, eight for president clinton and already just a few months into president trump's second year, 82, 82. the numbers speak for themselv themselves. well, today we'll have the opportunity to confirm yet another qualified nominee for a critical post. john ring's nomination to serve on the national labor relations board is an important next step to continued cleaning years of regulatory rust off the american economy. it's a natural addition to the progress we've made scaling back unhelpful regulations that make it harder for american businesses to create jobs and make opportunities for american workers more scarce. mr. ring's confirmation will give the country a fully stopped nlrb once again and turn the page on the previous administration's effort to remake this bipartisan board into a one sided political weapon. even in a short amount of time last year, we saw just how much good a fully functioning nlrb can do for american workers when it call
in the first two years of president obama's administration, there were only 12 such cloture votes. 12 for president obama, four for george w. bush, eight for president clinton and already just a few months into president trump's second year, 82, 82. the numbers speak for themselv themselves. well, today we'll have the opportunity to confirm yet another qualified nominee for a critical post. john ring's nomination to serve on the national labor relations board is an important next step to...
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book, i wrote an earlier book called hacked which was about cyber during the obama years, and really the beginnings of a lot of this cyber policy. i i wanted to write a follow-upn how a new administration we treat this and that's what led to this book which just come up a little earlier this year. >> host: so when you look back at 2012 how was the sophistication of cyber and cybersecurity grown? >> guest: it was at a very low stage in 2012. there were a a number of people who were pretty savvy about it but with a congress in particular, the knowledge level was fairly low, and people were talking about we need to build walls that are a lot higher and all of this, and really didn't have a mindset around what the cyber challenge really required. that is grown and there's a lot more expertise and a lot more engagement in the executive branch as well. i think everybody was a little slow to come around to this. some of the really smart cyber thinkers out there, people like jeff moss who founded the black cat and defcon conferences can be said the problem is that the attackers, the people w
book, i wrote an earlier book called hacked which was about cyber during the obama years, and really the beginnings of a lot of this cyber policy. i i wanted to write a follow-upn how a new administration we treat this and that's what led to this book which just come up a little earlier this year. >> host: so when you look back at 2012 how was the sophistication of cyber and cybersecurity grown? >> guest: it was at a very low stage in 2012. there were a a number of people who were...
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but it was really in the obama years that we really see the problems up close, right? and they seem if anything to get worse. >> they absolutely got worse. so there are two things going on at the same time. one is that after clinton's presidency there is an effort especially by president clinton to keep agents away from him, right? as as a get further and further away from him, the ability to secure and reduces. it's the advent of the tv president, right? you don't want to agents in the shot. keep them a little bit further away. we want a vision of a strong independent president, nobody protecting him. nobody needs to be there. so that starts a downward cycle in terms of the rigor of their security. there's also the misconduct is allowed and, because of an arrogance in sequencing a lack of transparency in the culture of the secret service. if they can keep classified programs that are important to protect the president sica, distinctly they can also keep their weaknesses and some of their humiliating episodes a secret. both of those things come to a horrible head durin
but it was really in the obama years that we really see the problems up close, right? and they seem if anything to get worse. >> they absolutely got worse. so there are two things going on at the same time. one is that after clinton's presidency there is an effort especially by president clinton to keep agents away from him, right? as as a get further and further away from him, the ability to secure and reduces. it's the advent of the tv president, right? you don't want to agents in the...
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during the obama years it was about one .5% a start average going back to the world then point -- so. get that growth rate up to 3% it would make the world a difference for families in this country and small businesses, people who are trying to survive and build a better future for them and their families and performing our outdated tax code is step number one toward creating that brighter and better future. >> with that regard to nominations the obstruction by the democrats as part of this resistance movement has actually reached historic proportions. for the first six months of prison transit administration has gotten 55, a grand total of 55 nominees confirmed for various positions. the first six months of president obama's time in office , he had 206. which means president obama got about four for every one that president trump. right now they're 84 president trump nominees who have come to the committee, they have come through the vetting process and been approved and are waiting to be confirmed by the united states senate. these are important and consequential positions. the secr
during the obama years it was about one .5% a start average going back to the world then point -- so. get that growth rate up to 3% it would make the world a difference for families in this country and small businesses, people who are trying to survive and build a better future for them and their families and performing our outdated tax code is step number one toward creating that brighter and better future. >> with that regard to nominations the obstruction by the democrats as part of...
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i would say before the obama years. i don't just mean because the obama people were super smart or anything like that. just the passage of time as part of it but before the obama years i think it was truly abysmal in the government. the irony is the city and the metro area here in washington are among the most tech-savvy when they do this very as polls. among the heaviest users and various services and the populist here uses it. some of the populace are understaffed in the middle levels of these agencies and the hill and at the white house and the supreme court in all these places but the major officials and the average age and average amount of time to learn this stuff on the part of senators and congressmen and cabinet members is, it just conspires and the security requirements which often tend to push you toward less sophisticated devices and less sophisticated services. all those things conspire i thank for the people who are really making our laws far less knowledgeable about this and many many small business, big
i would say before the obama years. i don't just mean because the obama people were super smart or anything like that. just the passage of time as part of it but before the obama years i think it was truly abysmal in the government. the irony is the city and the metro area here in washington are among the most tech-savvy when they do this very as polls. among the heaviest users and various services and the populist here uses it. some of the populace are understaffed in the middle levels of...
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what is weird is the most radical thing about the obama years may end up when you look back on it may not be policies but just that was the moment this identity question, because of the backlash was front and center. that is why things are so intense, this is about what it means to be american. the definition we took for granted. >> host: you and i were together when obama said this in 2014 in private conversation which only one of us recounted publicly that you are getting your money's worth, that he was elected ten years too early. the unique circumstances. the iraq war, his position on it, that election, a certain set, unique in history, a father from kenya, white mother, whole set of things that allowed him to win that race before america had -- was ready to wrestle with the idea of a black president. the exact right person for the exact right moment and forced a lot of america to confront the yawning gap between who we say we are, we tell ourselves america is and who america really is, america was a car, here we are, we really are going to be a multiracial democracy, proven by ba
what is weird is the most radical thing about the obama years may end up when you look back on it may not be policies but just that was the moment this identity question, because of the backlash was front and center. that is why things are so intense, this is about what it means to be american. the definition we took for granted. >> host: you and i were together when obama said this in 2014 in private conversation which only one of us recounted publicly that you are getting your money's...
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with the teachers' union may stray but after the obama years there will then be awaking that it is not all this is cracked up to be. so what they do to attract black voters with better integrated parties and be less divided racially. >> you can quibble over why that is. and with political expediency. some people may look at the success of trumpets a we don't need the votes to win. and then to diversify. but then there is an argument and then to do better and then run those political ads we have not seen that type of concerted effort among those individual candidates and then to go collected and then people like richard out in los angeles over paul ryan who has traveled the country like gay community leader. rand paul has gone to black colleges those are good but you need a much larger part. if you remember the autopsy report the party said this is what we need to do going forward. >> to what degree is there a role for the black elite in the private sector to mobilize the black community with the recognition of your view to disseminate that message?. >> there is a role. but it depends o
with the teachers' union may stray but after the obama years there will then be awaking that it is not all this is cracked up to be. so what they do to attract black voters with better integrated parties and be less divided racially. >> you can quibble over why that is. and with political expediency. some people may look at the success of trumpets a we don't need the votes to win. and then to diversify. but then there is an argument and then to do better and then run those political ads...
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in fact, president obama never had one year of 3% gdp growth. he averaged 2.1% rather than the 4.3% average. his last year in office gdp growth averaged 1.5%. those are bad numbers. trump was elected go on the website for the national federation of independent businesses. they do a monthly optimism index measuring optimism among small businesses. this comes out every month. it shot up at the time of the election. the reason obama had meager growth was because businesses were not investing. they felt overregulated and overtaxed. they didn't know what the next roadblock was going to be in businesses were not investing. he promised to deregulate and begin to do it almost immediately. he also wanted to repeal and replace obama care was to happen optimism has been in the top 5% for the past 16 months since the election businesses are optimistic but there investing because they have more money to invest. optimism took place before the election and regulatory reductions took place were significant in the first three months. for the first three quarters
in fact, president obama never had one year of 3% gdp growth. he averaged 2.1% rather than the 4.3% average. his last year in office gdp growth averaged 1.5%. those are bad numbers. trump was elected go on the website for the national federation of independent businesses. they do a monthly optimism index measuring optimism among small businesses. this comes out every month. it shot up at the time of the election. the reason obama had meager growth was because businesses were not investing. they...
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that was the obama years . we have regulatory relief to small businesses. we have done things like cracking down on human trafficking, fighting opioids, overhauling career technical education to make to your school cool again so we can get people the skills they want and we have an economy where people can reach and meet their american dreams. we've got things going well in this country. you realize there are more jobs being offered today than there are people looking for jobs in america today. the unemployment rate is the lowest it's been in 49 years. the unemployment rate for black and latino citizens is the lowest we've had in recorded history. it's fantastic. and guess what, nancy pelosi and her clones running for congress want to undo all of that. they want to go, bob menendez as well, oh my gosh. you guys are not seriously going to reelect bob menendez, are you? this is what is at stake. and look, i've been around for a little while. i've seen people come and go and i got to tell you, you can see a person of character and integrity when you look at ja
that was the obama years . we have regulatory relief to small businesses. we have done things like cracking down on human trafficking, fighting opioids, overhauling career technical education to make to your school cool again so we can get people the skills they want and we have an economy where people can reach and meet their american dreams. we've got things going well in this country. you realize there are more jobs being offered today than there are people looking for jobs in america today....
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during the last year of the obama administration, years, i might add, after the recession ended, economic growth was averaging a dismal 1.5%. that's barely half of the growth needed for a healthy economy. or for what we have seen historically in this country going back to the end of world war ii. and while things have been looking up a little bit lately, we still have a long ways to go to get back on the right track. things need to get better and they need to get better faster and we want things to get better for the long term. during the obama administration there were periods of economic growth but quickly followed by weak periods. that's not good enough. we need to put our economy on a strong, healthy footing for the long term. so what does the tax code have to do with all of this, mr. president? how is it discouraging wage growth, job growth and economic growth? well, mr. president, i want to talk about three big ways that it's discouraging growth. to start with, tax rates on businesses large and small are too high. our nation has the highest corporate tax rate in the industrialized w
during the last year of the obama administration, years, i might add, after the recession ended, economic growth was averaging a dismal 1.5%. that's barely half of the growth needed for a healthy economy. or for what we have seen historically in this country going back to the end of world war ii. and while things have been looking up a little bit lately, we still have a long ways to go to get back on the right track. things need to get better and they need to get better faster and we want...
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moving in the right direction the legislative branch to reassert its authority during the obama years was happy to radio obama administration expanded regulations contrary to the intent of congress about they should pull that back requiring the house and the senate to affirm regulations going forward so yes checks and balances the epa is another issue so that's important but on the other hand, this election is about two worldviews which direction will be go? the direction of the resistance to replace president trump or take us back to the obama years and then some? and to partner or keep working with like minded people and protect our god-given rights and i hope he will talk about those issues today. >> what do you see as the role of congress pertaining to the white house quick. >> something i have committed to doing thank you for putting this together it's a great chance to see a contrast of approaches and could not be more fundamental it is what the house of representatives was designed to be one of the many ways that washington is dysfunctional right now it is hyper- partisan becau
moving in the right direction the legislative branch to reassert its authority during the obama years was happy to radio obama administration expanded regulations contrary to the intent of congress about they should pull that back requiring the house and the senate to affirm regulations going forward so yes checks and balances the epa is another issue so that's important but on the other hand, this election is about two worldviews which direction will be go? the direction of the resistance to...
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president obama never had one year of 3% gdp growth. not one full calendar year. he averaged 2.1% postrecession rather than the 4.3% average, and its last year in office, gdp growth averaged 1.5%. those are very, very bad numbers. when president trump was elected, even before he took office, if you look, go on the web, there's a website for the national federation of independent businesses. they do a monthly optimism index measuring optimism amongst small businesses. you can go to the chamber for optimism among large businesses, but the nfib optimism survey comes up every month at it shot time of the election. the reason president obama had the economic growth was because this is his were not investing. they felt overregulated. they felt overtaxed. it concerned about whathe the nt big government program was going to be, what the next regulatory roadblocks that would be put in the way would be. businesses were not investing. following president trump's election as he promised to deregulate and begin to do so almost immediately, to reduce the number of regulations,
president obama never had one year of 3% gdp growth. not one full calendar year. he averaged 2.1% postrecession rather than the 4.3% average, and its last year in office, gdp growth averaged 1.5%. those are very, very bad numbers. when president trump was elected, even before he took office, if you look, go on the web, there's a website for the national federation of independent businesses. they do a monthly optimism index measuring optimism amongst small businesses. you can go to the chamber...
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a member of nonwhite people have made the point that after the obama years, there will be an awakening that black power isn't all that it's cracked up to be and politically there must be other ways. what do you think the republicans and independents need to do to attract black voters so that they can have better integrated parties and that the country as a whole can be less divided? >> favored him off this boat for many years. you can quibble over why that is, but political expediency, they didn't need the vote to win. some of the party may look at the success and think we still don't need this vote to win. a lot of people in my camp will see the country is diversifying. they won't be able to win national elections and trump proved everyone wrong on that. there's an argument that he proved everyone wrong. if republican candidates want to do better they need to spend more time. they need to go to barber shops and grocery stores and run political ads on black radio stations and during shows on television that black people watch or visit. i haven't seen that kind of concerted effort. you
a member of nonwhite people have made the point that after the obama years, there will be an awakening that black power isn't all that it's cracked up to be and politically there must be other ways. what do you think the republicans and independents need to do to attract black voters so that they can have better integrated parties and that the country as a whole can be less divided? >> favored him off this boat for many years. you can quibble over why that is, but political expediency,...
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number nonwhite people have made the point that after the obama years there will then be this awakening the black power is not all it's cracked up to be them politically there must be other ways. what do you think the republicans and independents mckechnie to do to attract black voters so that they can have better integrated parties in the country as a whole can be less divided racially? >> they need to show up. they have largely just written it off for many years. you can pull over why that is whether it's racism or some other factor but political expediency. they didn't need this vote to win and some of the party may look at trump success and say we still don't need his vote to win and a lot of people in my camp are saying the g.o.p. has got to attract more transparency, they won't be over by national elections. trump proved everyone wrong. there is an argument that he has proven everyone wrong. i think if republican candidates want to do better among black voters they need to spend more time in black communities than they need to go to the barber shops in the grocery stores. they nee
number nonwhite people have made the point that after the obama years there will then be this awakening the black power is not all it's cracked up to be them politically there must be other ways. what do you think the republicans and independents mckechnie to do to attract black voters so that they can have better integrated parties in the country as a whole can be less divided racially? >> they need to show up. they have largely just written it off for many years. you can pull over why...
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they would certainly know more about obama's, they literally know less about obama's first year than they know about george washington's first year. that is essentially a disgrace. now in 2020 obama came out his newest memoirs much anticipated much acclaimed called the promise line. given my background studying obama felt the obligation to read the book, which i did. i took one for the team at 70 or 50 pages long. and then i felt the obligation to read the reviews of the book which is sometimes hard to do because sometimes the reviewers know so little. they know so little about barack obama. they don't know when he's on the truth and when he's not pre-they don't know what should be in there and what is not. so the net result of the reviews, many were very well written the "new york times", washington post, is essentially a compendium of gases and speculation. they don't know. in the real danger, part of the reason why i wrote this book is because fake news is on the verge of becoming. case in point is you may have seen this guy on tv is about six different presidents on the eve of do
they would certainly know more about obama's, they literally know less about obama's first year than they know about george washington's first year. that is essentially a disgrace. now in 2020 obama came out his newest memoirs much anticipated much acclaimed called the promise line. given my background studying obama felt the obligation to read the book, which i did. i took one for the team at 70 or 50 pages long. and then i felt the obligation to read the reviews of the book which is sometimes...
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years is titled when the wheels come off as if they had been on. [laughter] but that's where webu really see the problem up close and they seem to get worse. >> they absolutely got worse there are two things going on at the same time after the clinton presidency there is an effort to keep agents away from him and as they get further away the ability to secure him reduces it is the advent of the tv president the agents in the shot keep them further away we went an image of a strong president nobody needs too be there so that starts a downward cycle with their security and also if misconduct is allowed because of thek arrogance and lack of transparency and the culture of the secret service if they can keep classified presidents secret they can also keep the weaknesses and some of their humiliating episodes a secret and it comes to a horrible head under the obama administrations with episode after episode with security gaps. >> i am writing down everything that happens at the obama years i just have to stop the volume is too much the extraordinary rac
years is titled when the wheels come off as if they had been on. [laughter] but that's where webu really see the problem up close and they seem to get worse. >> they absolutely got worse there are two things going on at the same time after the clinton presidency there is an effort to keep agents away from him and as they get further away the ability to secure him reduces it is the advent of the tv president the agents in the shot keep them further away we went an image of a strong...
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obama years that we really see the problems up close, right? and they seem if anything to get worse. >> host: >> guest: they got worse. two things going on at the same time. one is the after clinton's presidency there is an effort especially by president clinton to keep agents away from him and as they get further away from him their ability to secure him reduces. it is the advent of the tv president, you don't want agents in the shot, keep them a little further away, we want a visage of a strong independent president, nobody protecting him, nobody needs to be there so that start to downward cycle in terms of the rigor of their security. there is also the misconduct allowed because of an arrogance and secrecy and lack of transparency in the culture of the secret service. if they can keep classified programs that are important to protect the president secret they seem to believe they can also keep their weaknesses, and some of their humiliating episodes secret. and both of those things come to a horrible head during president obama's two adminis
obama years that we really see the problems up close, right? and they seem if anything to get worse. >> host: >> guest: they got worse. two things going on at the same time. one is the after clinton's presidency there is an effort especially by president clinton to keep agents away from him and as they get further away from him their ability to secure him reduces. it is the advent of the tv president, you don't want agents in the shot, keep them a little further away, we want a...
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it's what this country was founded on and i think that it's unsurprising to me that the obama years, and the time we're in now and likely the trump years moving forward, have been marked by street activism and the street protests. as the president described it eloquently when he was campaigning, a time when gridlo gridlock, why hasn't the economy been turned around and why wasn't there health care. and people who voted and felt like they did everything right, many people in ferguson unlike what a lot-- people living in ferguson made it out and done everything right and couldn't understand why they were treat this had way or that they hadn't achieved they thought was the american dream. so i think that ryan's call kind of feels into the ethos and feeling across the nation as i interview people. >> host: and let's call from sid calling from st. louis, very close to ferguson. go ahead. >> caller: thank you for writing the book and i have one question. in the view of the new administration and donald trump being famous or notorious for the central park issue with not even still acknowled
it's what this country was founded on and i think that it's unsurprising to me that the obama years, and the time we're in now and likely the trump years moving forward, have been marked by street activism and the street protests. as the president described it eloquently when he was campaigning, a time when gridlo gridlock, why hasn't the economy been turned around and why wasn't there health care. and people who voted and felt like they did everything right, many people in ferguson unlike what...
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the obama years or the after, that proper tension between spending and debt, that needs to be on the table. >> host: do you think will be able to raise the debt ceiling in the debates, but they could succumb, the rules package we been going overr includes an effort to require spending reforms and cuts for raising the debt ceiling. >> guest: right. that's going to be the great public debate that goes o the table. eventually obvious if the debt ceiling gets raise. however, the spending cuts have to be in place on a long-term basis. this is not going to be easy. back in 201717 the united states senate rand paul had a payment plan. just got 1% of t federal spendig and he, and the budget would have been balanced in five years. today, rand paul's plan is not the one penny plan. it's the sixth penny plan and your psychic attraction on it. so any spending cuts, even if these inflated levels of spending, it's going to be a tough battle but itn needs to e a public debate. >> host: do you think we can at the balanced budget in this day and age in congress? >> guest: haven't had one for 20 years
the obama years or the after, that proper tension between spending and debt, that needs to be on the table. >> host: do you think will be able to raise the debt ceiling in the debates, but they could succumb, the rules package we been going overr includes an effort to require spending reforms and cuts for raising the debt ceiling. >> guest: right. that's going to be the great public debate that goes o the table. eventually obvious if the debt ceiling gets raise. however, the...
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during the obama years we know what happened. young people could not find jobs. we just stayed stagnant for a decade. every week it seemed like we wash our american jobs and companies moving overseas. that's what you get after eight years of a president who says and believes that if you have a business unit builder. we know differently. we believe you did build that business and we want more americans more young american men and women to build their american dream. so today, with president trump we have a once in a generation opportunity to deliver a simpler, fair tax tax code that americans like you deserve. this year working with president trump will deliver a tax code built on conservative principles, a tax code built for growth. bill for the growth of jobs, wages in the u.s. economy. what is that look like? the house has a plan, republican blueprint will get us there and it starts with simple fairness for all americans. in the blueprint wagering the small by eliminating special interest provision, lobbyist loopholes, handouts and bailouts. we lower rates acro
during the obama years we know what happened. young people could not find jobs. we just stayed stagnant for a decade. every week it seemed like we wash our american jobs and companies moving overseas. that's what you get after eight years of a president who says and believes that if you have a business unit builder. we know differently. we believe you did build that business and we want more americans more young american men and women to build their american dream. so today, with president...